FRANKLYN A. DIAZ, MSEE
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Raytheon Missile & Defense Principal Software Engineer 2022 – Today
Agile, Scrum Master/Product Owner, Project Management, CD/CI, Model Driven Development, OOD
Experience in communications methods and protocols, OS config. and system security-hardening
Experience with C++, JAVA, Python, html, JavaScript, NODE, REACT
ACHIEVEMENT: implemented for 40+ engineers debugging for multithreaded, real time Linux code. Saving 20k /month)
Georgia Tech Research Institute Senior Research Engineer 2019 – 2022
Cameo ● Open Standards ● Project Mgmt. ● Systems Design ● Software Development ● MS Project
(1)Technical expert to develop industry standards, systems interfaces, engineering tools and roadmaps.
(2)Develop prototypes of open-architecture systems for military and commercial applications.
(3)Develop software prototypes to demonstrate the use-case for newly adopted open standards.
●ACHIEVEMENT: Technical lead and designer of standard systems for automation.
●ACHIEVEMENT: Helped update/enhance models for open standards: OMS, OPAS, FACE, GRA, COARPS.
●ACHIEVEMENT: Modeling systems technical expert, implementing software to realize those models.
Universal Avionics / Elbit System Senior Software Engineer 2016 – 2019
DO-178C ● Eclipse ● Avionics ● Project Management ● Software Design
(1)Manage the flight simulator product. Development, integration, and QA control.
(2)Project software lead, direct day to day activities of team members.
(3)software for embedded systems, for flat panel flight instrumentation for a cockpit display system.
(4)Adding debug procedures integrated in simulator and several multi engine and fixed engine aircrafts
●ACHIEVEMENT: Increased productivity by decreasing cockpit software test and debugging using simulator to test, saving 60 engineering hours/week, 40% (25k/ month)
ARRIS Group (Google/Motorola) Senior Embedded SW/QA Engineer 2008 – 2016
ACHIEVEMENT: Created tool in java to analyze spectrum and range coverage of antennas for several families of set top boxes. Simulated distances and environments to evaluate the wireless signal quality. Saved 50-man hours/week (15k month) by completely automating and final report in excel format.
Paceomatic Software Design Engineer 2007-2008
●ACHIEVEMENT: Develop new testing automated software for gaming machines, saving 225-man hour/week, 35% production times (10k-15k/ month savings)
American Megatrends Inc. Software/BIOS Engineer 2000 – 2006
●Pre-Boot SW(AMIPBA) used a new methodology that saved at least 1 million /yr.
●ACHIEVEMENT: Develop BIOS debugger tool used internally and by OEMs
EDUCATION
Degrees
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science Computer Science
In progress
University of South Florida
Master of Science Electrical Engineering
Dec. 2000
Pontificia Univ. Cat. Madre y Maestra
Bachelor of Science Electronics Engineering
May 1996
Certificates
Carnegie Mellon University
Machine Learning: Fund. & Algorithms Cert.
Dec 2022
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. (MIT)
Professional Cybersecurity Certificate
Sept. 2022
Harvard University
Leadership & Management Certificate
Leadership Principles,
Organizational Leadership,
Negotiations Mastery
Sept. 2022
Cornell University
Engineering Leadership Certificate
Decision-making skills, Collaborative Comm., influence and motivation.
Dec. 2021
GA Tech Professional Education
Coding Bootcamp (Full Stack) Certificate.
Oct. 2021
Courses
Motorola University
Quality IQ: Yellow Badge
Motorola University
Quality IQ: White Badge
Motorola University
Internet Sec. Awareness, Records Management
Motorola University
6 Sigma Foundations
Motorola University
Introduction to Product Security
GTRI
GTRI Management Certificate
Oct. 2021
GTRI
Microsoft Excel Level 1-3
June 2021
GTRI
Project Foundations: Schedule, Plan, Controls
July 2021
GTRI
Certificate Level II, Basic Statistics
GTRI
Microsoft Excel Level 1-3
The Linux Foundation
Kubernetes for App Developers
May 2020
SKILLS
Project Mgmt./Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Project, SCRUM, Cameo, GIT, Bitbucket, Visio, Office, VS code.
Operating Systems: Windows, LINUX [Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL].
Lang./Framework: C++/C, JAVA, JavaScript, Python, Node, REACT, SQL, Spring Boot, Docker.
Hardware: PLC(SCADA), Intel microcontrollers; Intel microprocessors, Broadcom 74XX, routers/switches.
Languages: English(fluent) / Spanish(fluent)
RESEARCH
Automation and design of exp. for ultrasound test in microelectronics CMP pads. Grad. Thesis Dec. 2000.
Referenced in: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu (page #45) INOAEP (Pg. 22, Dr. Moreno’s Thesis #46)
PLC-NET: Design and development of a programmable logic controller (PLC) and its network interface. Design and development of software and hardware using INTEL 8031 microcontroller. Thesis January 1996.
PUBLICATIONS
"Non-destructive evaluation of CMP pads using scanning ultrasonic technique", 198 ECS, Phoenix, 2000
“Integrating instructional technology methodologies in a state-of-the-art industrial control lab”. Pub. for Remote teaching tech. Symposium, USF, March 24, 2000. IESTEC (ref. #13) ACM
“Prototype of Remote Industrial Control’s Lab. via the Internet”. IASTED, Santa Barbara, CA Oct 1999.
“Development of Prototype for Electrical Eng. Remote Labs Via Internet”. ITHERM 1998 Seattle, WA.